Clicker training for hoof handling
If your horse needs help with hoof handling manners, clicker training can create positive associations and responses in a safe and calm manner. It’s been almost…
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Pepper: A laminitis case study
In the rehabilitation process from laminitis, things often seem to get worse before they get better. Let’s take a walk through Pepper’s journey from pasture…
Laminitis — case study
If dealing with laminitis and founder in your horse is starting to feel hopeless, MdF’s successful rehabilitation may give you some inspiration and new ideas…
Hoof dressing
Many people love to put hoof dressing on their horses’ hooves – it makes them feel like they are doing something good for their horses,…
Understanding hoof physiology
You can learn a lot about your horse’s health and background just by looking at his hoof physiology. Can you really learn about your horse’s…
Learning to go barefoot
This barefoot school takes a whole-horse approach to education and hoof care. Chris Jonason first tried bare hoof trimming 11 years ago, after purchasing a…
Normal and abnormal equine posture: how PRI can help performance and health
Why should we care about posture in horses? Because it informs us about how their complex neuro-musculoskeletal system is functioning. Recognizing abnormal compensatory postures as…
Growing your own medicinal herbs
Learn how you can start your own medicinal herb garden and which herbs are best for your horse. Before horses were domesticated, they roamed free…
Heart of the Hoof
Through most of human history, people believed the horse’s hoof was nothing more than a solid block with little, if any, feeling in it. In…
Solutions for Scratches and Rain Rot
When it comes to nasty conditions like scratches and rain rot, prevention is better than the cure! Scratches and rain rot are no fun for…
Hoof Bruises
Hoof bruises can look alarming, but may not be a reason to worry. The equine hoof is a marvelous piece of anatomy. It is made to…
Building confidence naturally with pheromones
Help your horse face his fears and build confidence with pheromones. Horses are highly sensitive to their environment and surroundings. Because of this, fear is…
